Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you both for being here. I appreciate it.

It probably honestly could take as long as it took to win the Cold War because it is going to take new generations within Islam, frankly, rejecting that ideology.

This is an extremely important issue, especially when you deal with the economy.

And do you think that CFIUS is capable of addressing emerging technology concerns, given how rapid innovation is occurring?

I thank Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, and the co-chair of the Friends of a Free, Stable, and Democratic Syria Caucus with me, Representative Boyle, for their work on this bill. In the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, we…

It's extremely concerning.

I believe, as President Obama said, we did leave behind a free and fair Iraq and, unfortunately, we left them behind.

But is it one-sided if Facebook as an American-based company is giving the opposition everything it needs in terms of where it is storing its data?

If you are giving Russian intelligence service agencies potentially, even on a valid request, access to global data that is not in Russia, is that kind of a disadvantage to us and an advantage to them?

Is this data only from accounts located in or operated from these individual countries, or does it include Facebook's global data?

Given the global reach of Facebook, I would like to know about the company's policies and practices with respect to information sharing with foreign governments.

There have been--my pictures have been stolen and used in fake accounts all around, and in many cases people have been extorted for money.

Fake accounts overall are a big issue because that is how a lot of the other issues that we see around fake news and foreign election interference are happening as well.

I think there is no doubt that the Russians know there was and they're complicit.

I think it would definitely be smart of the President to not fire people involved with this investigation.

So I think making it clear that not only will the cost of the regime be extensive but secondly, that this country, the United States of America stands for something.

I think it is clear and I think the President should understand and he does... that we want the independent investigation to go through and we'll get answers.

I believe a military response is essential in this case because this country has to stand for something.

I am proud to welcome Pastor Paul C. Meyers as our guest chaplain this morning and greatly appreciate him leading us in prayer on this historic Thursday. Pastor Meyers is from the 16th Congressional District of Illinois, which I proudly…

I think it's unbelievable that we are still talking about Yucca Mountain years and years later, and people's opposition to it is based on witch science.

Stopping Assad's genocide in Syria is part of our mission statement and I'll continue to do what I can to support that mission.

The Assad regime continues to use chemical weapons including chlorine gas to kill his own citizens with impunity.

Today is the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the war. Over 500,000 Syrians have been killed, including 50,000 children, by Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This was a great thing we did. It had been--I was 8 years old the last time the Tax Code was reformed, and I think this is something we, frankly, ought to do every decade; at the worst case, every two…

Concentrations of power are exactly what folks my age and younger are concerned about, which is why we are getting this out of the Federal Government's control and changing the rules from what the last administration did.